This is an interesting question! The terms "crazy" and "insane" are not really specific enough to have much meaning on their own. If by "crazy or insane" you mean having a diagnosable mental illness, about 18.5% of American adults experience mental illness in the course of a year. This statistic does not constitute a majority of adults. The numbers are slightly higher for teenagers (21.4%), and slightly lower for children (13%). True mental illness is...
This is an interesting question! The terms "crazy" and "insane" are not really specific enough to have much meaning on their own. If by "crazy or insane" you mean having a diagnosable mental illness, about 18.5% of American adults experience mental illness in the course of a year. This statistic does not constitute a majority of adults. The numbers are slightly higher for teenagers (21.4%), and slightly lower for children (13%). True mental illness is usually a burden to the person experiencing it.
I suspect, however, that you may be referring to the common tendency for individuals, especially youth, to claim that they are crazy or to refer to their peers as crazy. I think this probably stems from the desire that most people seem to have to be unique. We like to be seen for who we are as individuals and to be recognized as different than everyone else. This is a good thing! We have a lot in common simply because we're human and we share this world, and this is good, but sometimes it's important to celebrate our uniqueness too.
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